NAME

epd-me.net is a small German IRC network.

SYNOPSIS

You can access the network using an IRC client (e.g. XChat, mIRC, BitchX, irk, irssi, telnet ;) or what ever you would like to use). The address you need to access it is: irc.epd-me.net
The port for standard connections is 6667, SSL users please connect to port 6660.
Another possibility is to use a Java(tm) applet. You can find such an applet at the following URL: http://zeppelin.epd-me.net/. This does NOT work if you are behind an restrictive firewall or a proxy that does not tunnel the TCP/IP port 6667.

DESCRIPTION

epd-me.net is a small German IRC network. It consists of the following servers:

zeppelin (zeppelin.epd-me.net)

gagarin (gagarin.epd-me.net)

zeppelin is hosted by Vollmar, gagarin lives at Greatnet
The IRCops on this network are: arnd, christoph, dirk, robert and tobi. For contact adresses see AUTHORS below.

BUGS

Currently there are no bugs known to us (which does not mean that there are none).

VERSION

zeppelin.epd-me.net is running UnrealIRCd version 3.2.8.1
gagarin.epd-me.net is running UnrealIRCd version 3.2.8.1
The services are: ircservices version 5.1.13

HISTORICAL NOTES

The name "epd-me" has origin in the German word "Epidemie" which is pronounced the same way and means "epidemic" in English. The exact history of this pun can't be reconstucted, but it originates from Buggi (aka hypo).

Former servers of this network include:

zeus (zeus.epd-me.net) - Named after the Grecian god

tux (tux.epd-me.net) - Named after the Linux mascot

foobar (foobar.epd-me.net) - Named after the metasyntactic variable

cochrane (cochrane.epd-me.net) - Named after Zefram Cochrane, inventor of the warp drive

ikaros (ikaros.epd-me.net) - Named after the Grecian guy who tried to flee from Crete by flight

thora (thora.epd-me.net) - Named after Thora da Zoltal, the Pherry Rhodan character ...